First long multi-pitch climb. It took us all day I know that, it was 12 pitches. I'm guessing it was between 1,500 and 2,000 feet. It was not that steep, pretty easy climbing but just really long. We were both pretty worn out by the time we got to the top. We headed back down and ended up bush wacking the whole way back, it really sucked. Then had to walk about a mile through the streets back to the car.

My son and I started hiking at 9:00 am and reached the stream crossing an hour later. Above this point all the Maples were vivid shades of red, orange, and yellow. The Oak was still green and fully leafed out. This as most always is an extremely hot hike when the sun is out and today was no exception. We arrived at the saddle shortly before noon and looked around and down into Heughs Canyon. We took our time and scrambled up to the summit. About halfway there I stopped for a few minutes and had some water and something to eat. My son lost the steep trail thru the rocks and went too far west and up an exposed rocky spur ridge to the summit. My son, now 26 had not done this hike for several years. When he was in ninth grade, he and two friends bicycled to the trailhead, and climbed the 4000' to the summit. He didn't remember the trail being so steep. Today we spent about an hour on the summit and partially climbed down the East side toward Wildcat Ridge looking for a way to Triangle Peak for a future climb. All in all a great hike. We made the car a little after 3:00 so my son could be to work by 4:00.

Great trail, even though it was quite steep and a bit disorientating on the top as to where the summit is. We ascended on wrong side of summit and ended up sliding down this horrible scree hillside before finding our proper trail back down. Saw rattlesnake, mountain goats, etc... on this route.

Ok guys. I've hiked Nebo, Timp, and Ben Lomond, three of the longest and steepest in the Wasatch, but this little 4 miler is unrelenting! Very cool mountain though! Saw a gi-normous bull snake just below the stream crossing, but no rattlers. So, which hill is "Blister Hill"?

A great Tour de Olympus - Brenton and I were climbing the West Slabs by ca. 9:00am, topped out about 4:40 hrs later. From there we scrambled up to the northern summit, and picked our way up all of Olympus' summits (which I've wanted to do for a long time), before heading down the main trail to our car shuttle.

Nice scramble. I had planned on heading over to the northern summits, but an approaching storm ca. 6pm scared me off the summit. I like my arete variation better than Blister Hill, but the Absent-Minded Arete is best to be forgotten.

Route Climbed: Regular Trail, West Slabs Date Climbed: October 9, 1997, many other times

I like the trail because its steep and gets you somewhere. I have hiked it to continue on toward Wildcat Ridge. I have also climbed the West Slabs which is a very fun rock climb. The only bad thing is that the trail does get crowded sometimes.